A blog recounting the trials and tribulations of an unfit guy as he prepares to take part in the 2013 Manx Telecom Parish Walk: an 85-mile-long walk around the 17 parish churches of the Isle of Man.
Can he do it? Will he even make it to Braddan? Only time will tell...

Monday, 25 February 2013

Snowpocalypse!

Evening all! I'm afraid I haven't covered myself in glory this week. Here are the stats:

Distance (miles)

Time (hh:mm)

Energy (kcals)

Since last post (18 Feb 2013)

6.3

01:44

1071

Since records began (27 Dec 2012)

155.9

44:44

29189

I'd break down the difference against last week's 30 miles as follows:

As you'll see from my posts over the last few weeks I'm quite prepared to walk around in the snow and in sub-zero temperatures, but not when I'm up to my shins in the stuff.

A lot of the weekend snow turned to slush overnight, so I gave it a miss again this morning. By the evening the worst of the slush had melted or been scraped to the kerbs, so I got back out. The forecast for the rest of the week looks more promising, so I'm hoping I'll have much better news to report next week.

Handling setbacksReading Paul Callow's blog it seems I'm not the only one struggling a bit this week. I like his point that realising our shortcomings can help spur us on to greater efforts. My relative failure in this last week will certainly be a strong motivator for me in the coming week.

Tony's comment to the effect that 'Spring is on the way' is both a heartening thought (better weather, lighter evenings) and a reminder that the Parish Walk is drawing closer: less than four months to go now!